According to TFW2005.com, they have been informed the Target listing for a Prime vs. Megatron 2-pack is actually not the upcoming Primal vs. Megatron Beast Wars anniversary 2-pack, but instead a classic G1 looking Prime with more articulation and a green tank Megatron that will come with a dvd called “Battle Through the Ages’. Both figures will be packaged in vehicle form. It is not clear if this will be a Target exclusive or not just yet.

Their sources have also revealed that the reissue of 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime will actually be a repaint without the battle damage, in addition to having long smoke stacks. Packaged with the figure will be a dvd with the original animated Transformers: The Movie

[EDIT – Crazy: Hasbro has stated that 20th Prime will have SHORT smoke stacks. Long smoke stacks was apparently incorrect information. Interestingly though, they did not say anything else was incorrect. ]

In an interview with Chief Producer at Bandai Namco Daisuke Uchiyama , about a forthcoming DragonBall Z game, he speaks of his wish to have had the Tekken of Soul Calibur teams work on the title before the merger.

However, it was not possible since Tekken 6 is already in production (as shown in PS3 “visual target” demos), and apparently Soul Calibur 4 is moving ahead as well.

No date, no system, no nothing announced.  But its likely this will be a big Next-Gen jump for what has historically been one of the best looking fighters on the market.

Multiple sources are reporting that the first teaser trailer will be available online July 4th, 2006 on the movie’s website. Three days later a trailer will get a theatrical release with Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest.

Before Grand Theft Auto became their major cash cow, Rockstar gave players another action franchise early on in the current console generation. At the time it first came out, Max Payne stood out from other games of it’s type with 2 major innovations; Matrix-like bullet time and a film noir plotline. The former slowed everything to a crawl in order to give players a bit of strategy in planning out their next move while the latter used graphic novel-styled cinema sequences to move the story along.

2 years and dozens of copycats later, Rockstar released a sequel. It didn’t push the boundaries as the first game did, but it gave gamers more of what they loved about the original Max Payne. The bullet time was improved slightly, and the plot was just as riveting as the first. It’s only bad point is it’s short length. The game can be completed in a weekend. Luckily for PC gamers, tons of downloadable content extend this game’s replay value a lot. Hopefully Rockstar will give us a sequel that will be a bit bigger. Until then, action game fans looking for a good plotline can’t go wrong here.

Many consider the 4th installment of the 90s Batman series, which starred George Clooney as the caped crusader, to be the worst Batman movie, and possibly one of the worst movies ever made. Josh disagrees, and makes a compelling case….

When or if you received my text message last night where I made the bold statement “Batman & Robin is the best batman movie” you must’ve thought I was on drugs and just making an outlandish statement for the sake of making an outlandish statement. While I do like making outlandish statements I don’t truly believe, I stand by what I said.

When you said at champagne brunch that “Batman” needs to be revisited as an adult to be appreciated I was intrigued and thought yes I should watch that again.

I discovered though, the strange voyage of the Batman franchise can be best enjoyed through the prism of watching Batman Begins followed by Batman & Robin.
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Botcon.com has revealed yet another addition to the convention exclusive set of pre-beast wars figures. This time Rhinox gets to strut his stuff as a repainted Cybertron Landmine.

From the site:

Here is the very first look at RHINOX in his pre-beast form
from the 2006 BotCon Figure Set! A Maximal who knows much
about his Autobot Ancestors, Rhinox values the ideals they fought
for and wears their sigil on his chest as a constant reminder of this.
His color scheme is based on the Anniversary Rhinox seen recently
at retail.

 

Waspinator has been added to the ever growing list of Beast Wars cast members getting a revamp for BotCon 2006.
Waspinator appears to be a revamp of a Machine Wars Skywarp, with details and coloring based of the recent 10th Anniversary Waspinator figure. These shots are provided by ebay seller SPX Toys by way of TFW2005.

Just in cased you missed them, look at Cheetor, Dinobot, Optimus Primal, and Rattrap.

He-man.org has let us in on the news that there will be a new bust in the MOTU line from The Four Horsemen and NECA in the form of Zodak, the cosmic enforcer. The bust will be featured at the NECA’s booth at the San Diego Comic Con.